State agencies in Maryland will be required to submit a plan to help address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, under an executive order signed by Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday. The plan calls for all state agencies to submit a report to the governor by Nov. 1 showing how they will help the state meet its goal to …
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Republicans hammer defiant AG Garland to hand over Biden-Hur audio
Republican lawmakers hammered Attorney General Merrick Garland over his ongoing refusal to release audio from President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur on Tuesday. The House Judiciary Committee summoned Garland to Tuesday’s hearing to discuss both the audio tape and former President Trump’s felony conviction last week. Garland repeatedly defied Republican demands for the tape, arguing that there is …
Read More »McCarthy sidesteps question on Speaker Johnson's leadership during Capitol Hill visit
CAPITOL HILL – Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered mild praise for his successor on Tuesday during a rare appearance back on Capitol Hill. McCarthy told Fox News Digital he was in Washington for Monday night’s swearing-in of his former aide, newly minted Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., who won a tight race to replace him. McCarthy said he was also …
Read More »Arizona lawmakers to vote on ballot measure allowing local police to make border-crossing arrests
Arizona would step directly into immigration enforcement by making it a state crime to cross the Arizona-Mexico border anywhere except a port of entry, under a proposal that’s up for a final vote by lawmakers on Tuesday. If approved, voters would decide in November if the measure becomes law. The measure, scheduled for a vote in the Arizona House, would …
Read More »US v Hunter Biden: Opening statements to begin in first son's federal gun trial after jury seated
Opening statements are expected to begin in United States v. Hunter Biden on Tuesday morning. The trial for the first son began in Wilmington in the U.S. District Court for Delaware on Monday. Jury selection lasted for a few hours, and a final jury of 12 jurors plus four alternates were seated Monday afternoon. HUNTER BIDEN’S CRIMINAL TRIAL ON FEDERAL …
Read More »Trump campaign sets up shop in blue Philadelphia in the fight for battleground Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA – First-term Republican Rep. Welsey Hunt was a long way from his home state of Texas on Tuesday. The military veteran and former President Trump surrogate was in Philadelphia to headline the opening of the former president’s first campaign office in Pennsylvania, a crucial battleground state in Trump’s 2024 election rematch with President Biden. “The person that’s going to …
Read More »Trump leads Biden on most of the key issues in the first Fox News Power Rankings Issues Tracker
Voters back former President Trump to handle the economy and secure the border, and they believe he is more physically and mentally fit than President Biden. But Biden leads Trump on handling abortion rights and protecting democracy, and voters think he is more honest than Trump. These are the results of the first Fox News Power Rankings Issues Tracker, a …
Read More »Trump's appeal to disqualify Fani Willis from GA case gets October hearing date
The Georgia Court of Appeals has tentatively scheduled a hearing date of Oct. 4 for the case brought by former President Trump and his co-defendants to have embattled District Attorney Fani Willis disqualified from the case. “President Trump’s interlocutory appeal was docketed today in the Georgia Court of Appeals, and oral argument is tentatively scheduled for October 4, 2024,” Steve …
Read More »Hunter Biden trial: 9 key figures who may testify
Hunter Biden is on trial in Delaware for charges that stem from a federal probe into alleged firearms violations. Prosecutors from special counsel David Weiss’ office and Biden’s defense attorney Abbe Lowell made opening statements after jurors were selected Monday. Biden has pleaded not guilty to federal gun charges. Following a yearslong investigation, Weiss charged Biden with making a false …
Read More »Trump, Biden face tests in final 2024 presidential primaries
After nearly five months and more than 100 primaries and caucuses, the 2024 presidential nominating season comes to a close this month. Voters in Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington, D.C., head to the polls Tuesday for both presidential and state primaries. Voters in Iowa, which already held its presidential caucuses, will cast ballots in state primaries. …
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